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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Research for Healthy Soils Act

S. 2500Introduced Jul 29, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension area research on microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-OR
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 29, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats

0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.